Course Details

Overview

Nurses are consistently pulled in a myriad of directions in a work environment that has more demands and a faster pace than ever before. Triple Aim measures and value-based care have made it imperative that nurses create a safe environment for patients across the care continuum. How can nurse leaders prepare and lead across the continuity of care for the best outcomes - for nurse engagement and patient health? This pre-recorded webinar will show how.

Key Learning Outcomes

Understand leadership roles for RNs in healthcare in relation to care coordination and care transitions

Learn the value and impact of the role of the RN in care coordination and care transitions

Strategies for applying these ideas for nurse leaders

Presented by

Dr. Beth Ann Swan

Professor

Dr. Beth Ann Swan is Professor and former Dean at the Jefferson College of Nursing and Senior Fellow in the Jefferson College of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Swan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She is past president of the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing and a 2007-2010 Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow. Dr. Swan was a member of the Veterans Health Administration Choice Act Blue Ribbon Panel and was a member of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Planning Committee for Preparing Registered Nurses for New Roles in Primary Care. Dr. Swan has published and presented nationally and internationally on topics related to ambulatory care, care coordination and transition management, and technology applications for education and practice. She is Co-Editor of the text, Care Coordination and Transition Management Core Curriculum. Dr. Swan was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and HRSA’s Bureau of Health Professions. She co-authored a book, Evidence-based Nursing Care Guidelines: Medical-Surgical Interventions and the book received a 2008 American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Award. In 2009, Dr. Swan received the Nightingale Award of Pennsylvania for Excellence in Nursing Research. Dr. Swan is the author of the November 2012 Health Affairs' Narrative Matters Feature, A Nurse Learns Firsthand That You May Fend For Yourself After A Hospital Stay.

Location Details

Agenda:

I. Clinical exemplar from an individual and family perspective

II. Leadership roles for RNs in healthcare in relation to care coordination and care transitions

III. Value and impact of the role of the RN in care coordination and care transitions

A. Logic model

B. Value proposition

C. RN exemplar

The American Nurses Association Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development is accredited as a provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

ANCC Provider Number 0023

ANA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP6178

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